The most popular castella cake from Malaysia, Ah Mah Homemade Cake opens two outlets in Singapore at once! First launched in Restoran Poh Yap, Kota Kemuning, Malaysia, on 7 April 2017, the concept has soared in popularity within the span of two months, and has opened 14 outlets across Malaysia. With an average queue time of around 45 to 60 minutes, the brand has sold over 100,000 boxes of its delicious cakes in Malaysia to date.

The “castella” cakes from Ah Mah Homemade Cake are inspired by the popular egg sponge cakes from Tamsui, Taiwan, and infused with a local twist. Freshly baked for 80 minutes every day, each batch is made purely with milk, eggs, and quality flour. There is no added water, preservative and colouring.

There are two flavours to be savoured: Original, and Cheese (which comes with a variety of cheese to enliven the flavour). To ensure absolute freshness and maintenance of quality, Ah Mah Homemade Cake bakes its cakes daily and discards all cakes after 12 hours if they are not consumed.

Amamoto Café is a take-away counter concept that reinvents the 1500-year-old Japanese culture of Amazake-drinking for a new generation of wellness and lifestyle aficionados. Amazake, or ‘sweet wine’, is an alcohol-free beverage made from fermented rice, with no added sugar. It is packed with enzymes – thanks to the special koji mould used in its fermentation, which in turn produce essential amino-acids, oligosaccharides, vitamins, minerals, and a host of other bio-chemicals that bring repair, nutrition and health to the body – giving the drink an amazing array of wellness and beautifying benefits.

By Korean chef Emily Oh Young, CafeMama offers Dosirak도시락 (lunchbox) reminiscent of a scene from a Korean drama where mum prepares a tiffin meal packed with different vegetables and meat side dishes, kimchi and a serving of rice. Recommended: beef bulgogi dosirak ($9.90). They also serve other Korean street food like ramyeon pots ($8.90), and Budae Jjigae army stew ($9.90).

The Dark Gallery is a new boutique café that promotes not only the enjoyment of artisanal dark chocolate desserts, but also the art behind their making. Customers can embark on an exploration of single origin chocolate from various countries, such as Venezuela, Ecuador, Madagascar and the Dominican Republic. Recommended: Single Origin Dark Chocolate Ice Cream Platter ($12) and the Single Origin Hot Chocolate Shots Platter ($8). Single Origin Chocolate Medley ($10) comprises one pastry, one scoop of dark chocolate ice cream, and one hot chocolate shot.

El Spice Bistro aims to provide quality food at inexpensive price, focussing on Mexican & North Indian Cuisines. For their butter chicken ($11.20), the sauce base is made of pure tomatoes boiled and cooked instead of using canned tomatoes as market practice. The chicken is marinated overnight. Other recommended dishes: Tikki Carbonara (S$10.90) & Burritos (S$10.80).

Mayson Bakery started as a small bakery in 1983. Now they open “Kopi & Tarts,” a local Halal cafe. Apart from coffee and tarts, they offer pastries, muffins, cakes, and mains such as Hong Kong-inspired noodle dishes.

Kori King
2 Handy Road, The Cathay #01-01 Singapore 229233

Kori King is the pioneer of the most ancestral shaved ice in the world. The tradition of Kakigori dates back to the 11th century and was one of the most appreciated dessert of the Japanese elites. Over the past few decades, Kakigori became very popular during the warm summer months in Japan and is considered as a healthy dessert to cool down. All products are handmade and prepared daily with highly quality products imported from Japan with no additives, colorant or chemical flavors.

My Banh Mi Saigon (MBM Saigon) is a family business managed by Celebrity Chef Bobby Chinn’s father, Frank Chinn. Together with Vietnam’s well-known European chef Andreas Ertle who has opened restaurants globally from New York to Moscow, the specialty sauces and roasting processes of the quality meat being used by MBM Saigon was developed.